The Supreme Court today directed the CBI to probe the alleged rape of a girl by Banda BSP MLA in December last year.
A bench of justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha stayed the court proceedings in the case in Banda and directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to hand over the investigation to the agency.
The court passed the order on a PIL seeking an independent probe into the incident, alleging that impartial investigation was not possible in the case as the ruling BSP legislator and his aides were involved.
The state government did not oppose the plea for CBI probe and agreed to hand over the case to the central agency.